Now showing 1 - 5 of 5
  • Publication
    Setting entrepreneurial mindset, what university graduates need to have? Evidence from Malaysian public universities
    ( 2023-04-24)
    Poupalan R.
    ;
    ; ;
    Fareed M.
    ;
    Laeeq H.
    ;
    Ahmad AA
    Entrepreneurship is required as a catalyst to reduce number of unemployment among graduates. Therefore, developing entrepreneurial intention among university students is essential. To understand the important areas in shaping and developing entrepreneurial intention among today's undergraduates, this study explores the influence of self-efficacy, role models and entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention. Through a quantitative study, 384 sets of questionnaire were distributed to university students in Malaysia, focusing in students enrolling in entrepreneurship program. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25 is used for data analysis. Based on the correlation and discriminant test, it is established that self-efficacy, role models and entrepreneurship education affects entrepreneurial intention. Therefore, it is suggested that universities should organize more entrepreneurial related activities, programs or workshops which can enhance student's self-efficacy and entrepreneurship education which increases entrepreneurial intention. Additionally, having entrepreneurial role models motivates university students to pursue ambitious goals which increases the entrepreneurial intention among the students.
  • Publication
    Keusahawanan, inovasi dan perniagaan
    ( 2012) ;
    Ku Halim Ku Ariffin
    ;
    ; ;
    Mohd. Mizan Mohammad Aslam
    ;
    Azizi Halipah
    ;
    ;
    Buku ini dapat memberi gambaran kepada pembaca tentang ilmu keusahawanan, kemahiran tentang usahawan berjaya, bagaimana membina rancangan perniagaan di samping ilmu asas tentang kepentingan inovasi dalam disiplin keusahawanan. Usahawan dituntut untuk memimpin dirinya sendiri dan segala usaha yang dilakukan. Menjadi usahawan yang hebat, wajar memiliki perwatakan peribadi yang utuh, berusaha memiliki sumber pengeluaran yang mencukupi serta mampu bersaing dalam persekitaran perniagaan, mengenal pasti peluang-peluang yang ada, di samping berinovasi ke arah memajukan potensi supaya setiap aktiviti yang dilakukan berjaya dikembangkan. Usahawan berjaya juga cemerlang dalam aktiviti keusahawanan yang mementingkan tuntutan keagamaan secara sempurna bersesuaian dengan semangat al-Falah.
      39  866
  • Publication
    The influence of YouTubers among teenagers: A study in Johore, Malaysia
    These days, teenagers are brought up in a time of smartphones and do not recall a period before social media. They are viewed as good examples and are regularly perceived in the streets by their fans. In any case, in spite of being well known online, outside the YouTube community they are simply an average individual that could be the person living nearby. Parents regularly do not think about the online behavior of their children and the YouTubers they embrace. The aim of this research is to give an overview of the current YouTube community, including what types of YouTubers will attract teenagers and what influence of YouTubers among teenagers in Johor Bahru, Johor. This study is qualitative research that uses indepth interviews to collect data. Participants for this study consists of Malaysia teenagers specifically from Johor Bahru. There are nine participants aged between 16 to 20 years old. They are selected based on a multiracial concept which is Malay, Indian and Chinese. The finding shows that there are four types of YouTubers that attract teenagers in Johor Bahru, Johor. Meanwhile, finding from this research also shows that there are six main influences of YouTubers among teenagers in Johor Bahru, Johor which consist of positive and negative influences.
      1
  • Publication
    Service Quality as Predictors of Patient Satisfaction in Penang Private Hospitals
    The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the quality of healthcare services by investigating the factors affecting patient satisfaction and predictors in private hospitals in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia based on three service quality dimensions of the SERVQUAL which Responsiveness, Reliability, and Tangibility. A modified SERVQUAL questionnaire was used using random sampling to gather the research data and the respondents are consisted of 204 public and outside patients who are prior to the onset of the investigation. Pilot test is conducted for 54 respondents and all the variables obtain Cronbach's Alpha more than 0.7 which is acceptable. Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) is used to evaluate data of this research. The results of the study revealed that the perceived healthcare services in private hospitals do not significantly vary. The dimension of responsiveness was rated the highest while tangibility was perceived as the least important of the three SERVQUAL dimensions applied in this study. Therefore, this research suggests to use more dimensions of service quality theories and bigger samplings to obtain better results and may be used to contribute in enhancing the quality of healthcare services of private hospitals in Penang, Malaysia and in other similar environments.
      1
  • Publication
    Setting entrepreneurial mindset, what university graduates need to have? Evidence from Malaysian public universities
    ( 2023-04-24)
    Poupalan R.
    ;
    ; ;
    Fareed M.
    ;
    Laeeq H.
    ;
    Ahmad A.
    Entrepreneurship is required as a catalyst to reduce number of unemployment among graduates. Therefore, developing entrepreneurial intention among university students is essential. To understand the important areas in shaping and developing entrepreneurial intention among today's undergraduates, this study explores the influence of self-efficacy, role models and entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention. Through a quantitative study, 384 sets of questionnaire were distributed to university students in Malaysia, focusing in students enrolling in entrepreneurship program. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25 is used for data analysis. Based on the correlation and discriminant test, it is established that self-efficacy, role models and entrepreneurship education affects entrepreneurial intention. Therefore, it is suggested that universities should organize more entrepreneurial related activities, programs or workshops which can enhance student's self-efficacy and entrepreneurship education which increases entrepreneurial intention. Additionally, having entrepreneurial role models motivates university students to pursue ambitious goals which increases the entrepreneurial intention among the students.
      1